Mental Health Parity Rules and Requirements for Plan Sponsors and Administrators
DOL Enforcement Actions, Regulations, Self-Compliance Tools, Comparative Analysis, CAA Parity Disclosures
Recording of a 90-minute premium CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE webinar will provide benefits counsel and advisers with guidance on overcoming challenges in ensuring compliance with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) rules and requirements for plan sponsors and insurers. The panel will discuss the requirements of MHPAEA for health plans that provide mental health and substance abuse disorder benefits, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) requirements, ERISA disclosure requirements, DOL enforcement of parity violations, and best practices for ensuring compliance with MHPAEA rules.
Outline
- Overview of MHPAEA requirements and exceptions for plans providing MH/SUD benefits
- CAA comparative analysis requirements and other rules
- DOL, HHS, and Treasury guidance for MHPAEA and ERISA compliance
- DOL parity compliance enforcement and handling health plan audits
- Best practices for conducting internal audits of group health plans for MHPAEA compliance
Benefits
The panel will review these and other crucial questions:
- MHPAEA legal requirements for plans providing MH/SUD benefits
- DOL, HHS, and IRS guidance on MHPAEA compliance and implementation
- CAA comparative analysis requirement for any NQTLs
- Revised disclosure form for document requests and updated self-compliance tool
- ERISA disclosure requirements for health plans providing MH/SUD benefits
- DOL compliance enforcement and handling health plan audits
Faculty
Roberta Casper Watson
Partner
The Wagner Law Group
Ms. Watson focuses on ERISA and employee benefits. She concentrates on a wide array of areas including, pension and... | Read More
Ms. Watson focuses on ERISA and employee benefits. She concentrates on a wide array of areas including, pension and profit sharing plans, health and welfare benefit plans, including COBRA, HIPAA and the Affordable Care Act, ERISA fiduciary decision-making, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, benefits litigation backup, benefits aspects of mergers and acquisitions, employee benefits aspects of family law, labor laws affecting employee benefits, other employee benefits and deferred Compensation, and employee benefit disputes and employee benefits claims.
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Devon Minnick
Attorney
Epstein Becker & Green
Ms. Minnick brings her enthusiasm, analytical skills, and client-focused approach to every healthcare matter.... | Read More
Ms. Minnick brings her enthusiasm, analytical skills, and client-focused approach to every healthcare matter. She regularly assists healthcare clients with various matters, such as managed care, behavioral health, Medicaid, Medicare, health privacy, and benefits issues. Before joining the firm, she was a health policy research associate at The George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health. She analyzed new legislation, regulations, and health policy in the Medicaid space. She also helped evaluate states’ Medicaid managed care contracts for a large project on managed care and reproductive health.
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Bailey N. Wendzel
Attorney
Epstein Becker & Green
Ms. Wendzel brings a client-focused approach and analytical mindset to assist clients across a diverse range of matters... | Read More
Ms. Wendzel brings a client-focused approach and analytical mindset to assist clients across a diverse range of matters including behavioral health, fraud and abuse, health care regulatory compliance, telehealth, and government investigations and litigation matters. Clients turn to her for her creative and practical approach to managing liabilities, resolving disputes, and providing solutions to regulatory and compliance challenges. Ms. Wendzel assists a broad range of clients including health insurers, telehealth providers, healthcare startups, providers and provider groups, hospitals and health systems, life science companies, and more.
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